Mott v. Hall, Moses & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Pleadings. Evidence. Interrogatories. Before Judge Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. November Adjourned Term, 1869. Hall, Moses & Company, brought complaint against Mott, and Loyd Bowers, as “joint owners of steamer River Bride/'' upon the following promissory note: “Columbus, 'Georgia, May 1, 1861. $684 19. Sixty days after date, we promise to pay to Hall, Moses & Company, or order, Six Hundred and Eighty-four 19-100 Dollars, value received.
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Pleadings. Evidence. Interrogatories. Before Judge Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. November Adjourned Term, 1869. Hall, Moses & Company, brought complaint against Mott, and Loyd Bowers, as “joint owners of steamer River Bride/'' upon the following promissory note: “Columbus, 'Georgia, May 1, 1861. $684 19. Sixty days after date, we promise to pay to Hall, Moses & Company, or order, Six Hundred and Eighty-four 19-100 Dollars, value received. Steamer River Bride and Owners. per Sam. Bennett.” In' October, 1867, a plea was filed as follows: “And now, at the first term of said Court, comes the…
1Opinion of the Court
*By the Court—
BROWN, C. J.,
delivering the opinion.
In this case, Mott and Bowers were sued jointly on the note as owners of the boat. Bowers in his own proper person filed a plea, and was sworn to it, denying that the defendants ever made the note or authorized any one to make it. The plea commences thus: “and now comes the defendant, and defends, etc., and says that defendants did not make,” etc., and it is signed by Bowers alone. We hold, this was a *122plea by Bowers only, and not by Bowers and Mott. If it had been signed by both, or by counsel for both, and sworn to by one, we' do not-decide…
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